Education

LOU Reads selected for Barksdale Reading Institute Parent Academy

LOU Reads has been selected from over forty applicants to participate in the Barksdale Reading Institute Parent Academy ...

Events

Oxford author David Sansing discusses “The Other Mississippi” in new book

Following a 50-year academic career, Mississippi historian and former University of Mississippi history professor David Sansing has written ...

News

OFD Chief Mark Heath resigns

Oxford Fire Department Chief Mark Heath has resigned his position effective Sept. 5. Heath, who is just shy ...

News

Oxford High School junior to serve as U.S. Senate page, spend four months in nation’s capital

Oxford High School student Addison Murphey will experience the nation’s capital up close beginning next week. Murphey, a ...

News

City officials testify in annexation hearing

Officials from the City of Oxford testified in Chancery Court Monday as to why the City should be ...

Education

Oxford Intermediate School launches Go Jim Go! fundraiser

Oxford Intermediate School kicked off its annual Go Jim Go! Fall service project this week, which raises money ...

News

Oxford Emergency Management talks preventing measles, West Nile virus

With the threat of measles and West Nile virus becoming very real in North Mississippi, Oxford emergency management ...

Crime

Oxford Police hosts #RideWithOPD event for third year

It’s no secret that Oxford Police Department has a widespread presence on Twitter, and on Friday night, the ...

News

Lightning strikes cause $23,000 in damage to water treatment facilities

Severe thunderstorms this week led to approximately $23,000 worth of damage after lightning struck equipment at two water ...

News

Mayor responds to ACLU letter

After receiving a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union’s Mississippi office in opposition to the City’s proposed ...

News

Ole Miss School of Business seeking employers for internship fair

The Ole Miss School of Business is gearing up for its third annual Internship Fair, and looking for ...

News

OPD arrests two for auto burglaries

Officers with the Oxford Police Department have arrested two people in connection with two separate auto burglaries on ...

News

Music video by King Twin Rappers to take over the Square

The King Twin Rappers, Margaret and Kat King, will take over the Square next month to take part ...

News

ACLU urges Aldermen to vote no on Downtown District

The American Civil Liberties Union has spoken out against the City of Oxford’s proposed alcohol safety ordinance but, ...

Crime

Two Oxford schools on temporary alert after nearby auto burglary

Two schools in Oxford School District had a surprise safety exercise after two auto burglary suspects were seen ...

Crime

If you can’t stand the heat: OPD arrests 2 for arson at The Links apartments

The Oxford Police Department has arrested two men in connection with an Aug. 14 fire at the Links ...

News

Oxford doctor named president of national medical association

Longtime Oxford ophthalmologist Dr. William Mayo has been named President of the American Osteopathic Association. Mayo, who was ...

Events

Oxford Film Festival’s Monday Movies continues next week

The Oxford Film Festival Monday Movies series will continue on Aug. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Burns Belfry ...

News

Coleman Funeral Home announces Kathy Brummett as Family Care Coordinator

Kathy Brummett, a longtime Oxford resident, has joined Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford as its Family Care Coordinator. ...

News

George Tobolowsky brings world-famous sculptures to Oxford

The University of Mississippi Museum’s latest exhibit, “A Long Road Back” by sculptor George Tobolowsky, takes repurposed metal ...

News

Ole Miss voices support for Oxford’s proposed Alcohol Safety ordinance

The University of Mississippi is officially on board with the ordinance formerly known as the Downtown District ordinance, ...

News

Oxford historian Jack Mayfield honored for years of work with Visit Oxford

After 10 years of informing others about Oxford and the University of Mississippi, Jack Mayfield has retired. The ...

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